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They built up the release of the T-5 for many months before it came out. They generally pre-market everything they do. It wouldn't surprise me if they entered the mandolin market but I'd be surprised if they had a product that was anywhere near ready to come out and they hadn't mentioned it in Wood & Steel or on the website. I wonder if someone mistook the name Mark Taylor for Bob Taylor.

With that said I imagine Taylor would be a force if they did enter the mandolin fray.

I bet Taylor would make the neck wider on their mandolins. I hear guitar players asking for that from time to time. Taylor does make their classical guitars with a narrow neck to appeal to “guitar” players, it would be interesting to see their modifications to a mandolin.

I like their other mandolins with the tear drop sound hole. I don't feel the stigmatas of a style of music that I feel I need to play. You know what I mean; the F-5 says "Bluegrass," the A says "Celtic," and the flattop says "Folk." The Taylor just says: "Mandolin."

Disclaimer: I don't play one nor do I have affiliations with the Taylor company...

I have wondered for a while whether Taylor would enter the mando fray, but thus far I have not seen any indication that they intend to do so. The initial investment required for them to start churning out mandos would be significant, and they may not feel that there is enough of a market to justify the expense.

I would've thought the more logical expansion (esp. given their location) would've been into ukuleles. It would probably expand their market in Japan. I would bet every die-hard Taylor guitar fan would buy at least one. And even if it was a fraction of that, that's still a lot of ukes. Not so sure all those folks would necessarily buy a mandolin...

Well if its true I hope they fare better than Larrivee did with their mandos, I'm not sure but I think they sank like a lead ballon

What's the deal with the Larrivee mandolins? I've never seen one in a store or for sale online anywhere? I have a Larrivee guitar and love it, and would love to have a Larrivee mandolin as well, but they don't seem to want to sell them very bad.

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